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many went to see the attraction for the sole reason that it was hot outside and there was air conditioning inside , and i do n't think that a . c . will help this movie one bit . | 1 |
as steamy as last week 's pork dumplings . | 0 |
schaeffer is n't in this film , which may be why it works as well as it does . | 1 |
occasionally interesting but essentially unpersuasive , a footnote to a still evolving story . | 0 |
a thriller with an edge -- which is to say that it does n't follow the stale , standard , connect-the-dots storyline which has become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world . | 1 |
an asian neo-realist treasure . | 1 |
a fascinating , bombshell documentary that should shame americans , regardless of whether or not ultimate blame finally lies with kissinger . should be required viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants alike . | 1 |
this would-be 'james bond for the extreme generation ' pic is one big , dumb action movie . stress 'dumb . ' | 0 |
not a stereotype is omitted nor a clichM-i left unsaid . | 0 |
though it never rises to its full potential as a film , still offers a great deal of insight into the female condition and the timeless danger of emotions repressed . | 1 |
. . . if you 're just in the mood for a fun -- but bad -- movie , you might want to catch freaks as a matinee . | 0 |
hands down the year 's most thought-provoking film . but it pays a price for its intricate intellectual gamesmanship . | 1 |
the backyard battles you staged with your green plastic army men were more exciting and almost certainly made more sense . | 0 |
with the dog days of august upon us , think of this dog of a movie as the cinematic equivalent of high humidity . | 0 |
an endlessly fascinating , landmark movie that is as bold as anything the cinema has seen in years . | 1 |
contradicts everything we 've come to expect from movies nowadays . instead of simply handling conventional material in a conventional way , secretary takes the most unexpected material and handles it in the most unexpected way . | 1 |
. . . unlikable , uninteresting , unfunny , and completely , utterly inept . | 0 |
. . . blade ii is still top-heavy with blazing guns , cheatfully filmed martial arts , disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves that serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves . | 0 |
a reworking of die hard and cliffhanger but it 's nowhere near as exciting as either . | 0 |
not a strike against yang 's similarly themed yi yi , but i found what time ? to be more engaging on an emotional level , funnier , and on the whole less detached . | 1 |
neither a rousing success nor a blinding embarrassment . still , it just sits there like a side dish no one ordered . | 0 |
it is definitely worth seeing . | 1 |
i like all four of the lead actors a lot and they manage to squeeze a few laughs out of the material , but they 're treading water at best in this forgettable effort . | 0 |
both lead performances are oscar-size . quaid is utterly fearless as the tortured husband living a painful lie , and moore wonderfully underplays the long-suffering heroine with an unflappable '50s dignity somewhere between jane wyman and june cleaver . | 1 |
consider the title 's clunk-on-the-head that suggests the overtime someone put in to come up with an irritatingly unimaginative retread concept . | 0 |
occasionally melodramatic , it 's also extremely effective . | 1 |
the verdict : two bodies and hardly a laugh between them . | 0 |
people cinema at its finest . | 1 |
it 's always fascinating to watch marker the essayist at work . | 1 |
though the violence is far less sadistic than usual , the film is typical miike : fast , furious and full of off-the-cuff imaginative flourishes . | 1 |
could have been crisper and punchier , but it 's likely to please audiences who like movies that demand four hankies . | 1 |
in spite of good housekeeping 's unsavory characters and wwf mentality , this white trash war of the roses is a surprisingly engaging film . | 1 |
the picture is a primer on what happens when lack of know-how mixes with lack of give-a-damn . | 0 |
the movie is n't always easy to look at . but if it is indeed a duty of art to reflect life , than leigh has created a masterful piece of artistry right here . | 1 |
all of it works smoothly under the direction of spielberg , who does a convincing impersonation here of a director enjoying himself immensely . | 1 |
it 's a charming and often affecting journey . | 1 |
you would n't call the good girl a date movie ( an anti-date movie is more like it ) , but when it 's good , it 's good and horrid . | 1 |
forget about one oscar nomination for julianne moore this year - she should get all five . | 1 |
the result is something quite fresh and delightful . | 1 |
directors harry gantz and joe gantz have chosen a fascinating subject matter , but the couples exposing themselves are n't all that interesting . | 0 |
plays like a glossy melodrama that occasionally verges on camp . | 0 |
entertaining despite its one-joke premise with the thesis that women from venus and men from mars can indeed get together . | 1 |
cedar somewhat defuses this provocative theme by submerging it in a hoary love triangle . | 0 |
sweet home alabama is n't going to win any academy awards , but this date-night diversion will definitely win some hearts . | 1 |
terrific casting and solid execution give all three stories life . | 1 |
more than their unique residences , home movie is about the people who live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and have been kind enough to share it . | 1 |
'almodM-svar logra un filme entraM-qable , lleno de compasiM-sn , comprensiM-sn , amor , amistad , esperanza y humanidad que es sencillamente inolvidable . ' | 1 |
. . . plot holes so large and obvious a marching band might as well be stomping through them in clown clothes , playing a college football fight song on untuned instruments . | 0 |
the picture seems uncertain whether it wants to be an acidic all-male all about eve or a lush , swooning melodrama in the intermezzo strain . | 0 |
it 's mired in a shabby script that piles layer upon layer of action man clichM-i atop wooden dialogue and a shifting tone that falls far short of the peculiarly moral amorality of [ woo 's ] best work . | 0 |
the story is naturally poignant , but first-time screenwriter paul pender overloads it with sugary bits of business . | 0 |
thin period piece . | 0 |
directors john musker and ron clements , the team behind the little mermaid , have produced sparkling retina candy , but they are n't able to muster a lot of emotional resonance in the cold vacuum of space . | 0 |
steven soderbergh 's digital video experiment is a clever and cutting , quick and dirty look at modern living and movie life . | 1 |
the effort is sincere and the results are honest , but the film is so bleak that it 's hardly watchable . | 0 |
every now and again , a movie comes along to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be . frank mcklusky c . i . is that movie ! | 0 |
a bittersweet film , simple in form but rich with human events . | 1 |
proves a servicable world war ii drama that ca n't totally hide its contrivances , but it at least calls attention to a problem hollywood too long has ignored . | 1 |
in the end , there is n't much to it . | 0 |
this is a nervy , risky film , and villeneuve has inspired croze to give herself over completely to the tormented persona of bibi . | 1 |
those with an interest in new or singular sorts of film experiences will find what time is it there ? well worth the time . | 1 |
what it lacks in originality it makes up for in effective if cheap moments of fright and dread . | 1 |
it 's a terrible movie in every regard , and utterly painful to watch . | 0 |
partly a schmaltzy , by-the-numbers romantic comedy , partly a shallow rumination on the emptiness of success -- and entirely soulless . | 0 |
troubling and powerful . | 1 |
comedian , like its subjects , delivers the goods and audiences will have a fun , no-frills ride . | 1 |
an unfortunate title for a film that has nothing endearing about it . | 0 |
god is great , the movie 's not . | 0 |
the original was n't a good movie but this remake makes it look like a masterpiece ! | 0 |
as weber and weissman demonstrate with such insight and celebratory verve , the cockettes were n't as much about gender , sexual preference or political agitprop as they were simply a triumph of the indomitable human will to rebel , connect and create . | 1 |
with rare birds , as with the shipping news before it , an attempt is made to transplant a hollywood star into newfoundland 's wild soil -- and the rock once again resists the intrusion . | 0 |
it took 19 predecessors to get this ? | 1 |
while easier to sit through than most of jaglom 's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films , it 's still tainted by cliches , painful improbability and murky points . | 0 |
a terrifically entertaining specimen of spielbergian sci-fi . | 1 |
there 's nothing provocative about this film save for the ways in which it studiously avoids provoking thought . | 0 |
more dutiful than enchanting . . . terribly episodic and lacking the spark of imagination that might have made it an exhilarating treat . | 0 |
veretM-i has a whip-smart sense of narrative bluffs . | 1 |
a standard police-oriented drama that , were it not for de niro 's participation , would have likely wound up a tnt original . | 0 |
the movie takes itself too seriously and , as a result , it makes for only intermittent fun . | 0 |
such a premise is ripe for all manner of lunacy , but kaufman and gondry rarely seem sure of where it should go . | 0 |
it 's kind of sad that so many people put so much time and energy into this turkey . | 0 |
this story still seems timely and important . and there 's an element of heartbreak to watching it now , with older and wiser eyes , because we know what will happen after greene 's story ends . | 1 |
your children will be occupied for 72 minutes . | 1 |
mama africa pretty much delivers on that promise . it does give you a peek . the main problem being that it 's only a peek . | 1 |
if the film fails to fulfill its own ambitious goals , it nonetheless sustains interest during the long build-up of expository material . | 1 |
if your senses have n't been dulled by slasher films and gorefests , if you 're a connoisseur of psychological horror , this is your ticket . | 1 |
the story is smart and entirely charming in intent and execution . | 1 |
crudup 's screen presence is the one thing that holds interest in the midst of a mushy , existential exploration of why men leave their families . | 0 |
it 's difficult to discern if this is a crazy work of disturbed genius or merely 90 minutes of post-adolescent electra rebellion . | 0 |
the pianist is the film roman polanski may have been born to make . | 1 |
obvious , obnoxious and didactic burlesque . | 0 |
the film is strictly routine . | 0 |
. . . even if you 've never heard of chaplin , you 'll still be glued to the screen . | 1 |
an empty exercise , a florid but ultimately vapid crime melodrama with lots of surface flash but little emotional resonance . | 0 |
. . . quite good at providing some good old fashioned spooks . | 1 |
uses high comedy to evoke surprising poignance . | 1 |
graced with the kind of social texture and realism that would be foreign in american teen comedies . | 1 |
if you saw it on tv , you 'd probably turn it off , convinced that you had already seen that movie . | 0 |
the thought of watching this film with an audience full of teenagers fixating on its body humour and reinforcement of stereotypes ( of which they 'll get plenty ) fills me with revulsion . | 0 |
ferrara directs the entire film with the kind of detachment that makes any given frame look like a family 's custom-made christmas card . | 1 |
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